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(No Model.) 2 Sheets she'et 1 0. J. SMITH a; R. J. JOHNSON.

STEAM WASHER.

No. 285,934. Patented O0t.2, 1883.

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O. J. SMITH 8v R. J. JOHNSGN.

' STEAM WASHER.

No. 285,934. Patented Oct. 2, 1883.

nrrnn STATES OBEDIAH .I. SMITH AND RICHARD J. JOHNSON, OF MEADVILLE,MISSOURI.

STEAM-WASH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,934, dated October2, 1883. Application filed April 24, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OBEDIAH' J. SMITH and RICHARD J. JOHNSON, citizensof the United States, residing-lat Meadville, in the county of 5 Linnand State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Steam-\Vasher, ofwhich .the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to steam wash-boilers;

1 and it consists in certain improvements in the construction of thesame, the object of which is to produce a wash-boiler which shall besimple in construction and convenient and effective in operation, aswill be hereinafter fully I described, and particularly pointed out inthe claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of ourimproved washboiler with the cover removed and parts of the cylinderhaving been broken away for the purpose of showing the construction moreclearly. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is avertical transverse sectional view,and Fig. 4 is a detail View of aportion of the cylinder.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures. I

Ain the drawings designates the body of the waslrboiler, which consistsof a suitable rectangular box, provided at its upper end or edge with aninterior annular flange, B,whereby a groove, 0, is formedcircumferentially around the edge of the box. In this groove is fittedthe cover D,which may be semicylindrical in shape, "as shown, andprovided with a flange, E, overlapping the edge of the box, so as toform a nearly steanrtight joint. The sides of the box or boiler areprovided with recesses F F in their upper edges, forming o bearings forthe stub-axles G and H upon the sides of the revolving cylinder I, whichis mounted upon the said axles in the boxor boiler. The axle G is bentso as to form a crank, J, by means of which the cylinder may beoperated. The "cyli11der, as we prefer to call it, is, properlyspeaking, of a double frustum shape, or tapering toward both ends, asclearly shown in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings. The tapering ends of thecylinder are provided withopenings K,which are wider at their inso nerthan at their outer ends, and said openings are covered by buckets L,which correspond with the said openings in being much deeper at theirinner than at their outer sides.

Upon the inside of the tapering ends of the 5 5 cylinder, in rear of theopenings K and buckets L, are secured ribs or deflectors M, which aretriangular in cross-section, of the shape clearly shown in the drawings,and which serve to deflect the sudsand steam toward the ends of thecylinder, These ribs which connect the sidesof the cylinder with theends of the same also serve as braces, which add greatly to the strengthand durability of the device. One of the sides of the cylinder has ahinged 6 5 cover, N, provided with a spring catch or look, O,by1neans ofwhich access may be gained to the interior of the cylinder.

In manufacturing the cylinder we first make a narrow ring or band, P,the edges of which are provided with wires Q, by which they are greatlystrengthened. To this band the tapering ends of the cylinder are seamed,as shown in the drawings, this construction being found exceedinglystrong and durable.

The flange B on the inside of the rim of the box or boiler A is providedwith openings B, through which water, which, during operation, splashesinto the groove O,will drain back into the box.

The operation and advantages of this invention will be readilyunderstood from the fore going description, taken in connection with thedrawings hereto annexed. The clothes to be washed are placed in thecylinder, which is then to be revolved in a box or boiler, which isplaced upon the stove, and which contains the hot suds. The suds andsteam pass through the buckets L and openings K, and are deflectedagainst the ends of the boxor cylinder 0 and thrown forcibly through theclothes, which are thereby thoroughly cleansed.

WVe claim as our invention and desire to se cure by Letters Patent ofthe United States- In a waslrboiler of the class described, the 5combination, with the suds box ,or boiler, of the herein-describedrevolving cylinder, having tapering or frustuln shaped ends, pro- Videdwith openings K, widest at their inner In testimony that we claim theforegoing as ends, bucketsL, arranged over the said openour own wehavehereto affixed our signatures IO ings, as described, and theinteriorly-arranged in presence of two witnesses. ribs or deflectors M,triangular in cross-sec- OBEDIAH JASON SMITH.

tion and connecting the sides with the ends RICHARD J. JOHNSON. of thecylinder, which are thereby braced, as Witnesses: herein shown andspecified, for the purpose I DAVID B. SHAMOR,

set forth. JOHN G. BELL.

